Hugo Loetscher

Hugo Loetscher was born in Zurich in 1929. He worked as editor in chief of the »Weltwoche« and as literary editor of the journal »du«, whose supplement he founded. He has been a freelance writer since 1969, writing novels, plays, travelogues and essays. Loetscher was President of the Swiss Writer’s Union and is member of the Darmstadt Academy for Language and Poetry. In 1992 he received the »Grosser Schillerpreis« of the Swiss Schiller Foundation.

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Abwässer
Die Arche
Zürich, 1963

Herbst in der großen Orange
Diogenes
Zürich, 1982

Die Papiere des Immunen
Diogenes
Zürich, 1986

Der Immune
Diogenes
Zürich, 1988

Die Kranzflechterin
Diogenes
Zürich, 1989

Die Fliege und die Suppe
Diogenes
Zürich, 1989

Der pr edigende Hahn
Diogenes
Zürich, 1994

Saison
Diogenes
Zürich, 1995

Die Augen des Mandarin
Diogenes
Zürich, 1999

Vom Erzählen erzählen
Diogenes
Zürich, 1999

Durchs Bild zur Welt gekommen
Scheidegger & Spiess
Zürich, 2000

Der Buckel
Diogenes
Zürich, 2002

Lesen statt klettern
Diogenes
Zürich, 2003

Bacchus
Hirmer
München, 2004

Es war einmal die Welt
Diogenes
Zürich, 2004